first of all let me start by saying who am i to judge, but... i understand jwn has completely evolved over the years, but what i would like to see a forum that has current members and former jw's that still live by bible principles and respect the bible, but are not afraid to call out the watchtower on their practices and revised history.
i think quality posters as mentioned above, after venting their frustrations and experiences realize this website is taken over by athiests.
and punk kids-[ see similar post.
nw? - Just to clarify...you're not pissing me off nor would I consider you an enemy. It'd take a lot more than you could do on a bulletin board to do either of those things.
Also, I don't believe in the lines you draw. I know plenty of atheists whom I would call Christian. I know plenty of self-professed Christians (JWs or otherwise) whose faith and works isn't worth a bucket of spit.
this site is not a healthy forum for discussion or healing.
its an arena for jaded athiests to bash anything christian or god related.
yes, i know the jw's lied to us about god and the truth.
From a freudian perspective, his comments do not so much drip with irony as reveal a secretive heart well-accustomed to the dual life of an anxious sceptic who is not free to express his views among "brothers and sisters".
From my perspective, I think he just enjoys getting a reaction and inflicting pain. Did Freud have anything to say about sadists?
first of all let me start by saying who am i to judge, but... i understand jwn has completely evolved over the years, but what i would like to see a forum that has current members and former jw's that still live by bible principles and respect the bible, but are not afraid to call out the watchtower on their practices and revised history.
i think quality posters as mentioned above, after venting their frustrations and experiences realize this website is taken over by athiests.
and punk kids-[ see similar post.
Simon is the river and we are the field. All sorts of flowers and trees have sprung up since he started the site.
While he could cut off the water supply if it suits him, most of the field here is a communal creation. We'll see our share of weeds here too, nourished by the same water.
The best advice I could give you is to harvest what you will from this board or simply enjoy the scenery. If you don't like the look of the land, there's plenty of other places to explore.
i am presently fading out, and yesterday, the thought occurred to me as to make some sort of journalistic report from the inside.
what i mean is that when you stop and really listen to the type of things the jehovahs witnesses say to one another, i am convince that the population at large would be appalled by what these friendly people actually think when they go door to door.. and while fading out, that would be the perfect time to wear a wire, lets say for a year or so, and then, make a documentary about it.
of course, for this to work, one would have to be very specific and say names.
Unless there was a very ripe scandal to be had (e.g. the protection of pedophiles) I suspect no news team would invest the time to assist you. To them, you would be borrowing their equipment, expertise and time for your own vendetta. If they can't market that vendetta, you'd have no shot at them taking the case.
Documentary producers generally know where the local lines are between legal behavior and illegal behavior. Crosses into actionable behavior happen, but they're well-calculated risks backed by the legal and financial resources of billion-dollar networks and syndicates. If you go on your own and cross the line, I guarantee you will be destroyed in the courts. You really need to weigh this before doing something rash.
this site is not a healthy forum for discussion or healing.
its an arena for jaded athiests to bash anything christian or god related.
yes, i know the jw's lied to us about god and the truth.
My, my, my........counterfeit Christians complaining about atheists, and vice versa. That's the beauty of The Truth in that we don't have a lack of unity. 8 million strong and in unison serving the true God all the while speaking the pure language. No backbiting, arguing, debating, speculating, criticizing, etc. Nope, just love, and worship done with spirit and truth.
Come on. Really? Really?
Almost all of us remember the political intrigue, rumormongering and even suicides in the Kingdom Halls firsthand. I remember all three. This particular suicide especially haunts me: It was in 1984. A brother from our congregation was starting to fade and his believing wife threatened to leave him and take their young children with her. The elders made it clear that they backed her, and rather than fight, he walked into an oncoming train. The congregation broke up soon afterward.
Your paragraph might fly in a door-to-door recruiting speech or a Bible study, but we know better. We've lived the life and we've seen the backbiting and crticizing for ourselves. My God, you even speak of a pure language...a pure language wouldn't have to be CHANGED every few years, would it?
Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound?
first of all let me start by saying who am i to judge, but... i understand jwn has completely evolved over the years, but what i would like to see a forum that has current members and former jw's that still live by bible principles and respect the bible, but are not afraid to call out the watchtower on their practices and revised history.
i think quality posters as mentioned above, after venting their frustrations and experiences realize this website is taken over by athiests.
and punk kids-[ see similar post.
Neither am I a "punk kid" (I am in my forties) nor am I an atheist. Plenty of others here continue to adhere to Christianity despite their disillusionment or outrage with the WTBTS. I would go so far as to say that one NEEDS to divorce the JW Organization in order to become a Christian. Witnesses follow the Governing Body and the Watchtower: they most certainly do not do things as Christ commanded.
I'm not sure what you feel is to be gained by starting off with an invalid generalization of the current posters here. Invalid generalizations, after all, are some of the main things we ALL came here to escape.
i am presently fading out, and yesterday, the thought occurred to me as to make some sort of journalistic report from the inside.
what i mean is that when you stop and really listen to the type of things the jehovahs witnesses say to one another, i am convince that the population at large would be appalled by what these friendly people actually think when they go door to door.. and while fading out, that would be the perfect time to wear a wire, lets say for a year or so, and then, make a documentary about it.
of course, for this to work, one would have to be very specific and say names.
You may want to check (discreetly) with your local authorities, or better yet a lawyer, regarding your plans. Recording others without their permission, especially over the telephone or in a private meeting, carries some amount of legal risk which will vary with local laws. Publishing the same would expose you to even more legal action, and the Witnesses - for all their failings - have a fairly adroit legal department.
See the following for helpful information: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/practical-tips-avoiding-liability-when-gathering-private-information
god, evidently, wants you to be poor: .
a newly baptized brother is married, and he and his wife have three small children.
one day, a workmate suggested that he and the brother move to another company that paid a higher wage and provided more benefits.
I see no one on this thread has taken Matthew 6 to heart. Typical.
Not at all. Matthew 6 rocks. In fact, I like this passage earlier in the chapter whenever some JW tries to justify shunning:
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
figured i'd give them a shot to explain why i was expelled from the congregation 23 years ago without counsel or a jc.
dear sirs:.
i attended the xxxx congregation in the mid-1980s as a teenaged unbaptized publisher.
NS - I am better off. Much. But they're not.
That's a problem.
Yeah, it'd be very easy to just keep on keepin' on with my life and ignore the fact that I have a family trapped in a cult. In the same vein, I could just walk past a burning building.
After 22 years of shunning, my mother and younger brother reached out to me in the last year without any prompting on my part and with little or no conditions set. They've welcomed me into their homes and broken bread with me. I don't know if that's a signal that they're doubting or that they simply don't much care to shun anymore, but family means something and I'll gladly forgive them for doing something they were brainwashed to do. If I start getting fed the party line again, then I'll know what to do. But for now, I like the idea of putting bitterness aside and giving peace a chance.
figured i'd give them a shot to explain why i was expelled from the congregation 23 years ago without counsel or a jc.
dear sirs:.
i attended the xxxx congregation in the mid-1980s as a teenaged unbaptized publisher.
Wannaexit - There's no shame to doing something you were brainwashed to do. This cult gives a person enough guilt without heaping more on yourself. I hope you can forgive yourself for your unwitting acquiescence to the GB.
Personally, I didn't actively shun (I was too young) but I remember being very afraid of apostates. Like boogeymen, or that green stuff in the back of my fridge. (Don't ask.) There's a reason they taught fear...nothing is so powerful as the truth.
